Big Time Prime Time Pale Ale

Brewed by Big Time Brewery
Style: American Pale Ale
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker

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Pours with a three-finger thick, lightly amber hued, tan colored head that sits atop a hazy, copper colored brew. The aroma is a mix of lemon zest, grapefruit peel, toasted malt and perhaps a touch of caramel towards the finish. Really the citrusy hop notes are dominant, even picking up sweeter citrus fruit notes as my nose gets used to the brew.

Crisp, yet has a light sweetness to it. This beer is definitely hop focused with lots of citrus like hop notes, a solid bitterness and menthol-like pine character. This beer is very light, almost in a refreshing way, but it has huge (relatively) hop presence for a Pale Ale. Because it is so light, it definitely leans towards the dry side, but the citrus hop contributed fruitiness helps to accentuate some residual malt sweetness. Notes of lemon zest mix in with the more typical notes of orange peel and grapefruit.

A decent pale ale, that is quite a bit hoppier than many. In the end it seems a bit too hoppy for the malt to handle

Pours clear straw blond with minimal head. Smell is malt, a bit of caramel. Taste is there, a bit of honey and spice. Good drinkability. Pretty good.

Sample at the brewpub. Hazy golden pour with a medium thin off-white head that burns away steadily. Spotty lacing. Aroma of hops and sweet malt. Light body with flavors of mild hops, citrus and grainy malt. The finish is short with a citrusy hops aftertaste. Fairly average all around.

Clear amber color/ lasting ivory sheen. Nice tropical fruit, floral, pale malt aromas. medium bodied with average co2. Most tasty floral, perfume hop flavors with a solid honey biscuit, grainy pale malt base--Classic PNW Pale.

No aroma. Looks fine. Smoothish in body and plain at first with a little bit of hops at the end. A decent beer, nothing great.

On tap at Big time, poured pale yellow with a white head. Aroma was crisp with malts, and a light herbal hop character. Lightly bitter and lightly sweet. Finish was thin and light.

Some doughy shortbread, little lemon on the nose. Hazy yellow gold, small slick white head. Light bodied, little biscuit, more lemon rind, moderate in body, finishes a bit dry and dusty.

On tap at the brewery in the University District. Pours a clear copper with a small white head. A rich nose of honey and hops. The flavor is malty, light floral hops, sweet corn.

Some times I am a man of few words. This beer was pretty decent pale.

Bottle. Goldenrod color, clear with not much head. Aroma has floral hops, some chamomile, and a hint of mint. Palate is soft and sessionable. Flavors match aromas with chamomile, strictly floral hops, and malts that are well-developed but not competitive with the hops. Simple and easy-going nature, well done.

On tap at pub 12/09. Honey-sour pale. unremarkable, not hop forward and too malty. Sour nose and light body, not their best.